New GK-12: A Symbiotic Exploration of Computer Science in High School Classrooms

该项目建立了圣克拉拉大学（SCU）和周围几所高中之间的合作伙伴关系，这些高中在加州圣克拉拉山谷有很高比例的代表性不足和经济状况不佳的学生。本计划的目标是提高本校工程研究生（研究员）的沟通、教学和团队合作能力，加强教师的计算机科学知识，提高学生对计算机社会和全球背景的认识，提高他们对计算思维的兴趣和技能。高中教师和研究生研究员将接受“探索计算机科学”课程的培训，研究员将接受有关教学法和高中课堂环境挑战的指导。然后，研究员将在高中课堂上与教师一起工作，作为学生的榜样，促进他们对主题的参与。SCU与周边高中为期三年的合作，拓宽了工科研究生的教育，加强了高中教师的能力。在计算机方面的专业知识，向高中生介绍计算机的广度及其对他们生活的影响，并最终增加毕业生准备进入IT劳动力的供应和多样性。

This project establishes a partnership between Santa Clara University (SCU) and several surrounding high schools with a high percentage of under-represented and economically disadvantaged students in the Santa Clara Valley of California. The goals of the project are to improve the communication, instruction, and teamwork skills of SCU graduate engineering students (fellows), to strengthen teachers' knowledge of computer science, to raise awareness of the societal and global context of computing among students, and to increase their interest and skill in computational thinking.High school teachers and graduate student fellows will receive training for the Exploring Computer Science course, and fellows will be given instruction on pedagogy and the challenges of a high school classroom environment. The fellows will then work with the teachers in the high school classrooms, serving as role models to students and facilitating their engagement with the subject matter.This three-year partnership between SCU and surrounding high schools broadens the education of graduate engineering students, strengthens high school teachers? expertise in computing, introduces high school students to the breadth of computing and its impact on their lives, and ultimately increases the supply and diversity of graduates ready to enter the IT workforce.